Mode of marking stock



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MERRY, OF ELDORADO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.

MODE OF MARKING STOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 29,619, dated August 14, 1860.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN MERRY, of the county of Eldorado and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and Improved Mode of Branding Stock; andI do declare that the following is a full and exact description of thesame.

The nature of my invention consists in providing a self-advertisingbrand for stock by stamping upon suitably shaped buttons the name andlocation of the owner and fastening them upon the horn and ear by meansof a lock herein described.

To enable others skilled in the art to use my invention I will proceedto describe its construction and application.

I construct of any suitable metal, buttons of the shape of Figures 1 and2 and stamp upon their circular faces the name and loca-- tion of theowner as shown in the accompanying drawing. Fig. 3 is a sectionaldrawing of Fig. l.

A and B are two circular lianges screwing into each other in the mannershown.

Through the center of the flange A I drill the hole C leaving a shouldernear the bottom. The small hole penetrating into B contains a thread.

Fig. l is a screw having a right handed thread corresponding to thethread in B and a left-handed thread corresponding to the thread in thekey Fig. 5 separated by a narrow flange. The brand is locked by turningthe screw into its key firmly by means of a wrench and meeting it in thehole C and turning until the screw is left in the brand. The same. lockis applied to Fig. 2, of which Fig. 6 is a sectional drawing. The earbrand is applied by cutting a hole through the ear and inserting theflange B. A is then screwed on and the lock applied. The horn brand isapplied by screwing it upon the horn and inserting the lock so as tointercept the thread.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is-The application of the owners name and address by stamping or otherwiseand the mode of locking or securing the brand.

JOHN MERRY.

Witnesses THOMAS LAMBERT, GEORGE CHIsMosE.

